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    And regarding your bonfire thread- you started a thread with a definite negative slant against women, comparing all of us to money grabbing hos. You used an article on how the housing market is affecting divorce settlements to attempt to support that, but nothing in the article supported what you were trying to say. You were just ranting against women in general. I believe the moderator simply suggested that if you find women so distasteful and bad, that maybe men would be a better option for you. And apparently, they are.




    The article I posted said exactly that: many women use divorce as their personal ATM. I provided the link to the article - why don't you go and read the whole thing?

    No where in my thread did I compare the women in the article to anyone on this site and for you to claim so is dishonest and antagonizing in and of itself.

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    But at least you didn't have to put up with comments about how you and your ilk should be killed.



    Are you sure they were not joking, I mean c'mon is not like you're a lawyer or something... :P

    Everyone gets bashed. We're equal opportunity offenders. :)
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    Here's how it sits with me. I'll jump with you Friday afternoon and have a blast and then at the end of the day, go and grab a beer and sit around the fire with you.

    20 minutes later, you're telling gay jokes and saying shit like you think all gays should be bashed.

    The next morning, you're asking me to do a gear check.

    Think about it.



    Some people just haven't met any gay people and all they can go by is what they see on TV.

    Mess with their heads some. Give them the gear check and say, "Yep, this homo thinks you're safe." :P



    See, this is the kind of shit that gets the homophobes all frothy.



    Here's the gay agenda:


    Give us the same rights that straight people and couples have, including all governmental and societal rights that heterosexual people have.


    There it is. In all its glory. No wanting to molest your kids, no promotion of homosexuality, none of that.

    We just want to have the same rights that all of you have.


    Is that really that hard to swallow?

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    There is no need to "out" yourself. It's not like you need to announce you have TB for the sake of the rest of the people in the plane.

    Be yourself. If the subject comes up, it comes up. When someone asks you, "do you think that chick is hot?" Be honest. "I'm not into women. I'm gay."

    Doesn't matter if it's the skydiving community or not. You have those that accept it and those who don't. Everywhere.

    I'm openly bi-sexual. And definitely not afraid to admit it.
    And I really don't give a fuck what anybody thinks. :)




    Lisa, I love you and truly appreciate you.

    But (I'm sorry to say this) lesbian and bisexual women get a pass in society. Woman-on-woman sex is (most every) heterosexual man's fantasy.

    But man-on-man sex?

    You've got to be kidding me.

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    women don't because there are women skydivers.



    Hang around more. We get thrown under the bus plenty. :S:D



    You know darlin, I hear you.


    But at least you didn't have to put up with comments about how you and your ilk should be killed.


    :cheers: I guess.





    On edit:


    Here's how it sits with me. I'll jump with you Friday afternoon and have a blast and then at the end of the day, go and grab a beer and sit around the fire with you.

    20 minutes later, you're telling gay jokes and saying shit like you think all gays should be bashed.

    The next morning, you're asking me to do a gear check.








    Think about it.








    2nd edit: NWFlyer, this rant wasn't aimed at you. Sorry for the way it sounded.

  5. thanks but, like i said . there are very few people in this sport who know i'm gay. they don't make gay jokes and they don't tolerate them, either.


    i'm talking about the general 'around the fire' bullshit. gays get thrown under the bus constantly. women don't because there are women skydivers. jews don't because there are jewish skydivers.

    but for whatever reason, it's still ok to to throw gays under the bus, even though there are gay skydivers.


    is this community really that exclusive?

  6. I ask this because, as a gay man, I have always felt welcome but I've not felt a part of the family.


    Perhaps this is from my own experiences in life and I'm bringing them with me, or it's from my own experiences in life and I'm seeing them once again.


    I've never been targeted personally, but then again I've always had to tolerate gay jokes around the fire at night. I never spoke up because, growing up in the 70s, you learn not to show your hand. My guess is that with the exception of very, very few people in this sport, nobody would guess that I'm gay.


    In my low-numbers experience, I've jumped at 6 dropzones in 3 states on both east and west coast. I have had the opportunity to meet people from all over the world. Yet this attitude that jokes can be made at the expense of gays is prevalent at all of them.


    One thing that I am very happy to see is that the upcoming generation is, overall, so much more tolerant of alternative lifestyles than the past generations have ever been. They could care less if you are gay or straight. It's all about the person.


    But that being said, as a gay man why should I continue to surround myself with people that think that my life is a joke?


    Seriously, if I were to out myself at your dropzone, would you automatically not want to jump in the same plane I was in?


    Perhaps I picked the wrong sport. And that makes me really sad.

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    Yes, yes, money is all women care about. Save your wallet and just stick to men.




    Did I say ALL women?

    Did I say EVERY woman?

    Did I say THE MAJORITY of women?

    No. I said MANY women do this. Methinks you feel guilty for using a man for your own personal gain.


    And who in the fuck do you think you are tongue-in-cheek calling me a 'faggot'?

    Who the fuck do you think you are?

    You can fucking go to hell.

  8. And in a related story....


    Man Wants His Kidney Back In The Divorce

    $1.5 million or his kidney back. That's the strange ultimatum a New York surgeon has given his estranged wife.

    Dr Richard Batista donated his kidney to his wife Dawnell in 2001. His attorney claims that she began having an extramarital affair a couple of years after the transplant. She filed for divorce in 2005.

    Dr. Batista decided to go public after four years of divorce negotations. He wants the donated kidney back, but will accept $1.5 million in compensation.

    Mrs Batista and her attorney had no comment on the suit.

    The couple has three children, ages, 8, 11 and 14.


    http://www.wkrg.com/medical/article/man_wants_his_kidney_back_in_the_divorce/22427/

    :D


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    Bitter?? The article is about the housing crunch and the fact that divorce is expensive, more so than many people realize- men and women.




    Bitter? No.

    Why do women feel so entitled to assets that aren't theirs?

    From my post:

    Dee Dee Tomasko, a nursing student and mother in suburban Cleveland, expected to leave her marriage with about $200,000 in starter money, primarily from the marital home, which was appraised at about $1 million in 2006. By the time of her divorce last year, however, the house was appraised at $800,000; her share of the equity came to about $105,000.

    Though she is relieved to be out of the marriage, if she had known how little money she would get “I might have stuck with it a little more; I don’t know,” Ms. Tomasko said, adding, “Maybe it would’ve made me think a little harder.”

  10. Breaking Up Is Harder to Do After Housing Fall

    When Marci Needle and her husband began to contemplate divorce in June, they thought they had enough money to go their separate ways. They owned a million-dollar home near Atlanta and another in Jacksonville, Fla., as well as investment properties.

    Now the market for both houses has crashed, and the couple are left arguing about whether the homes are worth what they owe on them, and whether there are any assets left to divide, Ms. Needle said.

    “We’re really trying very hard to be amicable, but it puts a strain on us,” said Ms. Needle, the friction audible in her voice. “I want him to buy me out. It’s in everybody’s interest to settle quickly. That would be my only income. It’s been incredibly stressful.”

    ....

    For John and Laurel Goerke, in Santa Barbara, Calif., the housing market crashed in the middle of what Mr. Goerke said had been an orderly legal proceeding. At the height of the market, Mr. Goerke said, they had their house appraised at $2.3 million, which would have given them about $1 million to divide after paying off the mortgage. But by the time they sold last year, the value had fallen by $600,000, cutting their equity by more than half.

    “That changed everything,” said Mr. Goerke, who is now nearly two years into the divorce process, with legal and other fees of several hundred thousand dollars. “The prospect of us both being able to buy modest homes was eliminated. The money’s not there.”

    Now, with both spouses living in rental properties, their lawyers still cannot agree on what their remaining assets are worth. Their wealth is ticking away at $350 an hour, times two.

    “It’s got to end,” Mr. Goerke said, “because at some point there’s nothing left to argue about.”

    ....

    Dee Dee Tomasko, a nursing student and mother in suburban Cleveland, expected to leave her marriage with about $200,000 in starter money, primarily from the marital home, which was appraised at about $1 million in 2006. By the time of her divorce last year, however, the house was appraised at $800,000; her share of the equity came to about $105,000.

    Though she is relieved to be out of the marriage, if she had known how little money she would get “I might have stuck with it a little more; I don’t know,” Ms. Tomasko said, adding, “Maybe it would’ve made me think a little harder.”

    ....

    Josh Kaufman and his wife bought a new 6,500-square-foot house outside Cleveland on five and a half acres, with four bedrooms and two three-car garages, that was worth $1.5 million at the height of the market. When they divorced in June, Mr. Kaufman knew his wife could not afford to carry the home. The longer the divorce process continued, the more the house depreciated; by the time he assumed the house, its appraised value was half what the couple had put into it; he did not pay her anything for her share.

    “From a negotiating standpoint we knew that she couldn’t afford to stay in it,” Mr. Kaufman said. “It appeared as an opportunity to turn the negative situation around. There was no emotion involved. It was a business decision on what made most financial sense. It wasn’t an attempt to take advantage of someone.”

    ....

    For Nancy R., who spoke on condition of anonymity because her colleagues do not know her marital status, the impediments to divorce are visible every time she opens her door.

    “There’s three other houses for sale on our same road,” she said. “There’s no way our house would sell.”

    For now the couple are separated, waiting for real estate prices to recover. But for Ms. R., that means remaining financially dependent on her husband. He moved out; she remains in the house.

    “I still feel kept in certain ways, and I don’t want to rock the boat,” she said. “And it’s draining. So suddenly, when there’s an economic crunch, we’re paying for two places. And we’re both eating out more, because it’s no fun to eat alone.”

    The same dynamics that marked their marriage now hang over their separation, she said: “He has the ultimate control.”

    “We can’t sell the house,” she said, “and whatever settlement I get depends on a good relationship with him, based on his good will. The lines get blurry and confused quickly, which makes emotions fly easily” — especially if she were to start dating.

    “Any icing on the cake is going to come from his good will,” she said, “and that means being the peacemaker. I’m the underdog in this situation. We’re basically forced to remain in a relationship after we’ve decided to end it.”


    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/us/30divorce.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2&hp

  11. Paul, I'm very sorry for your loss.

    I get creeped out if I'm sitting on the floor next to the door. More so when somebody wants to open it 1/2 way to let some air in.

    I think for me, it comes from movies where people get sucked out of an open doorway on an airplane.

    It's odd what goes on in our heads during the ride to altitude.

  12. How many of you lazy bastards regularly fuck over your co-workers by pushing work that you're supposed to do off onto them?

    What, exactly, do you do?

    How often do you do it?

    Why do you do it?

    Have their been any ramifications to your being a total asshole? What have they been?

    Were the ramifications harsh enough for you to change your ways? Why or why not?

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    Good job saving yourself.

    You might try doing a jump where you repeatedly do simulated pulls and stay in the reach back position for a long time, even simulating having to grope around for the handle. You really should be confident in your ability to do this without stability problems. Of course you should not be groping around for a long time on a regular jump.



    Thanks. I think on my next jump I'll definitely do that.

    I realized as soon as it happened what I did wrong. Unfortunately at that point there was nothing I could do to keep myself from getting spun up.

    I'm just glad that I had the peace of mind to take care of it.

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    How do you feel about your next jumping after having your first reserve ride?

    Nervous, or even more confident?



    I've actually thought about this quite a bit.

    I've known that I would have a malfunction eventually and I had hoped that I would be able to react accordingly. I consider myself fortunate in the fact that I did.

    Even though I may be very conscious of the potential for another mal on my next jump, I think that there's going to be a bit of both being nervous about the fact that I'll inevitably have another one yet confident that I'll know what to do when it happens.